Aeetlrcreejl wrote:Pre-AP classes prepare people for AP classes, which are harder than normal.

So presumably after a pre-AP class, one would do the AP class in the next semester?

Can I ask then also, and if I'm hijacking feel free to tell me, how you are tested overall then? The education systems I know, obviously Ireland, and a little about the UK, France and Germany, are all focused on final exams that are all held together. For example, our senior cycle, from approximately 16 to 18, is a two year course where one, for all the two years, studies the mandatory subjects I mentioned (English, Irish and Maths as well as a modern European language), and as many options as one likes, three or four. The only choice is whether to sit higher level or ordinary level (or foundation for the mandatory subjects, because the whole Leaving Cert. is void without a pass in them I think), and they are the same for everyone in the country.

Continuing my curiosity, how is entry to university regulated? Here, we must meet the minimum subject requirements, normally things like a C3 (between 55% and 60%) in subjects that are relevant. For example, Chemistry for Pharmacy, Irish for a primary school teacher. Then, the best six results are converted into points. That means that if you round up the percent to the next five, you get the points value, except for 90% to 100% is always 100 points. If there is more demand than places, the people with the highest points are taken.

Sobekhotep wrote:If you are a foreigner or a Slovak born and living outside of Slovakia you also have greater chances of getting a scholarship, which will pretty much cover ALL of your expenses.

If you're a foreigner, you probably have to demonstrate proficiency in the Slovak language in order to apply.

I don't know. I'll need to ask my brother, but he mentioned they have several students who don't speak Slovak that well at all. I think you get courses in Slovak while you study there.

That's cool. But until they master Slovak they won't understand the lectures in the other classes. [/quote]There are many Chinese students that go to the university in my town. Most of them can barely order a meal in English, yet, they apparently get by. It's primarily a math university and is fairly face so I suppose they're coming all the way from China to study math. Maybe this is how they get by.

I'm kind of rambling but my point is that you don't necessarily need to know the language you're studying in very well to study in it. I, myself, have a certificate that qualifies me to go to a German university without having to take any competency test, but I'd never even think about doing it without a thorough review and a lot more practice.